"There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into His rest, he also
hath ceased from his own works, as God did from His" (Heb. 4:9,10).

We should especially observe that it is the rest of God which is spoken of here. This enables us
to understand the happiness and perfection of the rest. God must rest in that which satisfies His
heart. This was the case in creation_all was very good. But God, in His perfect love, is also
satisfied with us_His redeemed people_and we will possess a heavenly portion in the blessing
which we shall have in His own presence, in perfect holiness and perfect light. Accordingly, all
the toilsome work of faith, the exercise of faith in the wilderness, the warfare, the good works
practiced there, labor of every kind will cease. Not only shall we be delivered from the power of
indwelling sin, but all the efforts and all the troubles of the new man will cease as well. We are
already set free from the law of sin; in the coming day our spiritual exercise for God will cease.
We shall rest from our works performed in service for Him. We have already rested from our
works with regard to justification, and therefore in that sense we now have rest in our consciences.
But that is not the subject here_it is the Christian’s rest from all his works. God rested from His
works_assuredly good ones_ and so shall we also then with Him.

We are now in the wilderness; we also wrestle with wicked spirits in heavenly places. But a
blessed rest remains for us, in which our hearts will repose in the presence of God, where nothing
will trouble the perfection of our rest, where God will rest in the perfection of the blessing He has
bestowed on His people.

(From Synopsis of the Books of the Bible.)